1. Citizen Kane directed by Orson Welles in 1941 was at first a commercial failure and almost did not get released. Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles wrote this film. Orson Welles was most known for Mercury theatre radio dramas and especially The War of The Worlds. This was Orson’s first time making a movie. The film went on to eventually earn nine Oscar Nominations for BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director, Best B/W Cinematography, Best B/W Interior Decoration, Best Sound Recording, Best Dramatic Picture Score, and Best Film Editing. Unfortunately, Welles never got a chance to make another picture with the control he had of this film.
3. The review starts off by quoting the line I don’t think any word can explain a man’s life,” which is a significant line foreshadowing the theme of the movie. The review gives a detailed summary of the story with significant dialogue spoken through out the film.
4. Orson Welles was yet another multifaceted talented person who wrote directed and stared in his own movie just as Chaplin did and again this is just impressive to me to be able to attentively be able to put on so many different hats and wear them so well. I enjoyed seeing how Orson Wells as an actor chose to form him self physically from a young man, a middle aged man and an old man. I also noticed how well space was used to tell the story and I really understood how space could play an effect on helping put emphasis on the theme of a story while watching this film. I also thought it was amazing how a film that went from almost being burnt and not released ended up later being recognized for the best American Film of all time. It kind of gives up and coming film writers etc. to stick with your craft and create without apologies.
